Imitation raised tiling



Dec. 28,1926. 1,612,535

Y G. PRIFOLD uw f/f,

Ill.

www?? Parental Dea `as, y192e.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GORGE PRIFOLD, F SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

IMITATION RAISED TILING.

application mea september 1e, 192e. serial No. 135,795.`

This invention relates to floor covering,

andaims to provide an imitation raised tilv ing which may be manufactured at small cost and laid without difiiculty.

Imitation tiling made in accordance with the invention consists off a iexible floor covering having a smooth surface, and layers of aint on said surface completely covering an protecting it, and arranged to give the appearance of raised tiles.

In order that the invention may clearly with the invention, I start with a strip of exible floor covering material, for example, material ofthe class known as linolenm. rllhis material is passed through a block printing press having blocks supplied with paints of diii'erent colors, and4 adapted to print successively on each short section of the strip as the strip passes through the machine. One of the blocks is supplied with aint which is to serve as the background or eld color of the imitation tiling. This block hasl a'printing surface containing one or more open s aces, so that when it is impressed upon t e strip, it producDes a layer of paint 10, leaving one or more open uncolored spaces '11, as seen at a in Fi 1.

@ne or more figure blocks are provide for printing res in the/open spaces 11. l The raised sur aces of these blocks correspond in shape to the open spaces 11, but are of less area. These blocks are su plied with paint of a color different fromt at used on the field block. The impression of the figure block, on the portion. of the stripl on which the field block has alreadybeen'impressed, results in leaving a layer of paint` 12 within each of the 'open's aces 11, as seen at in Fig. l. The paint gur'es 12 do not completely lill the open spaces but correspond in shape to the spaces, so that, a narrow uncolored portion 13 is left between the outer edge of each ligure' andthe edge of each open s ace.

Two bor -er blocks are provided to ll in the spaces 13 with paint. One of these blocks is supplied with a lightcolored paint preferably white; and the other with a dark colored paint, preferabl black. The border blocks are so arrange that one of them placesgpaint in that portion of the border space 13 around each figure which is in a predetermined direction (for example, the direction D in Fig. l) from the figure, while the other one fills in the remainder of thc border spaces, that is, that portion of these spaces which lie in the opposite direction D from the figures. The result of the impression of the border block provided with white paint is shown at 0in Fi 1, from which it will be seen that the portlon of the space 13 lsurrounding each figure which lies in the direction D from the ligure has been covered with white paint 14. The result of the subsequent impression of the second border block is shown at d in Fig. 1, from which it will be seen that the remainder of the border spaces 13 have rbeen covered with black paint 15.

The result of this operation isto cover and protect the entire surface of the material with a layer of paint and, atthe same time, to give the figures -12 the ap earance of being at a different level from tlie field 10, thus creatin the illusion of raised tiling.'

The imitation tiling shown in Fig. 2 is of a more complicated design, but is manufac- In this instance,`

tured in the same manner. one of the figures 12El serves as the field for figures 12b within it, and these figures are provided with borders which are partly v black and partly white so that the figures 12b appear to be at a diiierent levelfrom the figure' 12a.

Theshape and arran ement of the figures used is immaterial, so ar as the present invention is concerned, and it is apparent 4that lit vmay be applied to produce imitation raised tilin 'of any desired design.

WhatIcaimis:V 1. Imitation raised tiling, comprising a flexible floor covering having a. smooth sur. face, a layer of paint on said surface providing a field containing open spaces, a layer of paint of 'different' color forming figures in said spaces conformin to the outline thereof and spaced inwardly rom the edges thereof, 'so as to leave a border space between each ligure and the field, a layer of light coloredpaint lfilling that portion. of the border space surrounding each figure which lies `1n one direction from the figure, and a layer of dark colored paint lling that portion of the border space surrounding each figure which lies in the o posite direction from the gure,

so as to ma e the figures appear to be at adi'erent level from the field.

2. Imitation raised tiling, comprising a flexible Hoor covering having a smooth surface, a layer of paint on said surface providing a field, a layer of paint of'dilferent color forming figures on the field, a layer of light colored paint forming a border part- 1y surrounding each ligure and lying in 011e direction from the figure, and a layer of dark colored paint forming-a border partly surrounding each-*figure and lying 1n the opposite direction from the figure, so as to make the figures appear to he at a different level from the pfield.`

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. Y

GEORGE PRIFOLI). 

